Cigarette holder



NOV. 11, 1930. N R 1,780,936

CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed Dec. 17, 1928 INVENTOR fl/li'efiidvamberg ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 11, 1930 UNITED Anion M. NURNBERG, or ron'r'rownsnnn, WASHINGTON A lication filed December 17, 1928. Serial No. 326,527.

This invention relates to cigarette holders and aims primarily to provide an improved and novel type. of cigarette holder, which is especially designed and adapted for restrainingly engaging the cigarette at any desired and selected point thereon, which permits placing of the cigarette directly between the lips of the smoker, the. use of which effectually prevents staining or soiling of the smokers fingers, from which the cigarette .stub is rapidly and expeditiously ejected without the necessity oftouching such stub, which may be fabricated from any suitable material, which lends itself readily to variations in form and design, and which may be embellished in either a simple or elaborate manner as desired and found expedient.

Contemplated by the present inventionis a' cigarette holder embodying astem fabri- 29 cated from any suitable material, and embellished with any suitab-ledesign as, desired;

a tubular shank mounted upon one end'of said stem; a resilient hook-shaped cigarette holding member rigidly secured to the outer end of said tubular shank; a flexible member normally conforming to the shape of said holding member for ejecting the cigarette stubs therefrom; and means mounted within the tubular shank and operableby the finger 30 or thumb nail of the smoker for actuating the ejecting member to effect ejection of the stubs without the necessity, of touching same; all of which are important objects and primary features of the invention and are to becorelated in the broad aim of enhancing the elficien'cy of the devicefor' general use.

The above, and additional objects which will hereinafter be more specifically treated are attained by such meansas are shown in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more clearly pointed out in the claims, which are appended hereto and form part of this application.

With reference tothe drawings, in which there is illustratedseveral embodiments of the invention, and throughout the several views of which like characters of reference designate similar parts: I

Figure l is a front elevation-of a; cigarette holder comprehendedby the present invention," and of .the type "more particularly adapted for men smokers, certain parts of the 'same' beingshown in section for clarity of illustration. r i j a Fig.2 is a side elevation thereof with certain parts also shown in section.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical medial section of the upper half portion-of my cigarette holder, with its correlatedcigarette stub ejecting'member 1m normallyretracted position. I Fig. he an enlarged fragmentary front elevation of thef same, certain parts being broken away, and certain other parts being shown in section, also with thecig'arette stub vanced or stub ejecting position.

ejecting member illustrated in; a. fullyad .Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal section taken through line 5-5 of Fig' 4;;

Fig. 6 isan enlarged fragmentary longitudinal section taken through line 6-6 of Fig.3.:m, e i f Fig. 7 is a perspective View of my cigarette holder illustrating more particularly the manner ofpositioning a cigarette therein.

' Figure 8 is a similar View of a slightly modified-type of cigarette holder more particularly adapted for women smokers, and

- illustratingthe preferred manner of holding the devicewhile smoking. v I

'Fig. 9 1s a similar view illustrating the manner of ejecting a cigarette stub from the device, and j 7,

' Fig. 10 is a fragmentary front elevation of holder, which latter isnot equipped with a cigarette stub ejecting member.

a still further modifiedtype of cigarette;

' sea Before taking up the detailed description of the drawings, a general exposition of the Specific purposes, features, and functions of the cigarette holder evolved by the. present invention will he undertaken. Heretoforait has been customary to fabricate cigarette holders in the well-known tubular form or type. Unfortunately, however, these tubular holders are objectionable to acomparatively large number of smokers, inasmuch assuch holders cool the smokeand positively and effectually prevent the smoker placing the cigaretteydirectlyin contact-with the lips.

A further, and serious objection to the tubudeemed;highly desirable by a gl'eat many smokers. A further primary aim'andobject of the invention'i's to- .provide. a "cigarett'e holder that cannot become impregnated or fouled with nicotine, thus eliminating the possibility-of the samelbecoming;offensiveor larty pe of cigarette holders is that the same; rapidly and readily become. impregnated with nicotine and in a veryshort time become offensively and obnoxlouslyfodorous;

It is therefore, a primaryaim, and object of thisinvention to-pr Vide a cigarette holder,

wherewith the smokermay have direct'co-n tact with the cigarette, a feature which is obnoxious to the user} 'Beginn'ingfthe more detailed"description of theinvention by reference to the drawv ings, the numeral 1T1 designatesgag-slightly tapered stem or handle, which may beifabri-= cated from any suitable material, such: as,

; Wood, metal; ade or other semipreci'o-us,

stone,1'composition, or the like, totherupper end of which is threa'de'dly secured asli ghtly v in cross-section, asindicated' at 14 in Fig.6, fiand at, its outeror freeend is provided with I V an outturned terminal 15, fora purposeabout fvFixedly securedat ts lnner V brazing o r soldering, to the upper rounded ,7 endoi the' shankl2-is a relatively narrow r; hook-shaped resilientcigairette"holding:mem- V ber 13, preferably fabricated from 'a thin tapered"? tubularl fshank '12, .g referably i of metal, which shank extends upwardly from I the stem"11--in' axialgprolongat ion thereto, and at-it'supper end terminates in the-semispherical or rounded formationimoreclearly illus'trated,in Figs. 3

strip of springmaterial, which strip is termed" slightly arched, or concavo convex to be described," x I p Rigidly"secured,"as at 16, to thet'erminal' '1 5--is the outer end of" a flexible cigarette i stub ejecting member 17,whi'ch is preferably I fabricated fromrelativelylight-springQwire, '45

and-is designedto' normally and substantialco'nfo'rm-to thel'shape or'contourof the holding memberli, said ejecting-member 17,

awhen not u s'e, b'eing adapted to seat within -the'jconcavity.of'the member 13 throughout itsentire length, 'substantially in the manner illustrated in"Fig.- 6. The ejecting member 17 extends downwardly from the holding member-IB'intQthe tubular shank 12 through anaXiall'y aligned-aperture 18, formed in the semi-spherical upper end of such shank; The

portion v19.- of the ejecting member extendingv ,=within said tubular shank [is fdisposedin '7 axially aligned or concentric relation therein,

and is'preferably formed of aslightly larger [j diameter, as shown in Figs. 6 and' 7' forithe purpose "of stiffening-the same, The imaterial ofgthe portion l 9 at itslowerendis bent; at right'angles, as indicatedat-20, to extend outwardly through, a longitudinally disposed, slot '21; "tormed in the walls "of the end,- as j tubularshank12, and at its outer endis provided, exteriorly of said shank, with a button or head 22 for engagement, on occasion v with the nail of the smoker.

TO effectually and properly protect. the member 13, whenthe device is not in'use,lprovider aicap 123,} which is adapted to com pletely enclose or'enc asesaid member, in the 'manner more clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

.to thereby positively prevent such member from'catchi'ngin the pocket "oi 'the smoker.

,.To 1 etain the device in the pocket of the 1 smoker,j "or the like, I'provide a spring clip 24,whic h i s attached in a well-known manner to the han dleill, and is-adapted to restrain- 3 ingly: engage the edgeof .such.;pocket.'

In Figs. 3,-6 and 7.1 have: illustratedpthe manner of positioningacigarette,designated by the numerali25, within the device, and in I iFigse and s thema-nner of'ejectinga cigaf 35 rette stubi25 therefrom. In placingor pos tioning a cigarette inthe-device, theihandle 11 is ordinarily held inthefll'eft hand, the:

thumb hail of which is employed to slightly depress the button 22, vtojt'hereby' slightly eo spread or distendthe member'gld and'thus I'facilijtate and expedite :the' placing'. of the. fcigarette therein" with the right a hand, suh

stantially in the manner' shown in. Fig. 7,

upon plaeing. the cigarette 25 within-the memberlii, the bu tton22 -'is released to'per- 1 mit said membe'r. 118 to restrainingly engage I the cigarette, -as" willbe obviousfand ap the numeral 27.

In the s'lightly'niodifiedjtype o'f cigarette holder'disclosedin'Fig. 6, whichtype isparj ticularlydesigned and adapted for use 'by I women smokers, the" handle" 'll'is illus'tr'a'ted as-bein'gembelli'shed with afanciful'design, I "which 'latter'inaybe varied-iasdesired. In v 1 this-type of holder theelip24 is omitted and t-he' h'andle 11 is provided with a. cha-in'-26,F" 1

which latter may beattach'ed at itsiopposite end toajnecklace, orthe like,not"shown.

ln the still 'furthermodified type shown in Fig.' the shank '12 is j'provided with-are V l s'ili'entpcigaretteholding member 13 which 1 is not equippedwithi any stub ejecting memher, but, where fromthe-stub i's-ejected or released 'by the'nail of the smoker.

'Manifestly,'therefore,theleigarette holder i of the present inventiongisextre'mely simple,

' durable, compact and economical in construction, isireliable and 'efficient-in-use, will not readily get out of order; is adapt'e'd tolre strai'hingly engage the cigaretteat 'any.se-f; lected' or desired point thereon; 'andas will'f leo:

be obvious from the foregoing and by referring to Fig. 8 of the accompanying drawings permits of the cigarette being placed fications of said construction may be re-- sorted to Without departing from the invention, or the benefits derivable therefrom. I also desire to have it understood that certain features of the invention herein disclosed may be employed in other combinations than those'sh'own and described.

Having thus fully described my invention,

- What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a cigarette holder, in combination, a

stem, a hook-shaped cigarette holdingmem- 7 In a cigarette holder, in combination, a stem, a tubular shank mounted upon one end thereof and having a longitudinally disposed slot formed therein, a resilient hook-shaped cigarette holding member rigidly secured to the outer end of said shank, and a flexible Wire cigarette stub ejecting member rigidly secured at its outer terminal to the outer end I of said holding member having its outer half adapted to normally conform to the shape of and abut the inner face of such holding member, and having its inner half adapted to extend Within said tubular shank in c'o-axial relation thereto, the material of saidej ecting member being bent at right angles adjacent its inner terminal to project through said longitudinally disposed slot for manual actuation of such ejecting member by the smoker.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ALICE M. NURNBERG.

ber secured to said stem, and means for ejecting cigarette stubs therefrom.

2. In a cigarette holder, in combination, a stem, a resilient hook-shaped cigarette holding member secured to said stem, and flexible means for ejecting cigarette stubs therefrom.

3. In a cigarette holder, in combination, a stem, a hook-shaped cigarette holding mem ber secured to said stem, and a flexible member normally conforming to the shapeof said holding member for ejecting cigarette stubs therefrom.

4. In a cigarette holder, in combination, a

stem, a resilient hook-shaped cigarette holding member secured to said stem, said member being relatively narrow and slightly concavo-convex in cross-section, and a flexible Wire member rigidly secured at its outer terminal to the outer end portion of said hold ing member and normally seating Within the concavity thereof for ejecting cigarette stubs therefrom.

5. In a cigarette holder, in combination, a stem, a tubular shank mounted upon one end thereof, a hook-shaped cigarette holding member secured to the outer end of sald shank, and means mounted Within said shank and co-acting With said member for e ecting cigarette stubs therefrom.

6. In a cigarette holder, in combination, a stem, a tubular shank mounted upon one end thereof, a hook-shaped cigarette holding member secured to the outer end of said shank, and a flexible cigarette stub ejecting member normally conforming to the shape of said holding member and extending at its inner end Within said shank for manual actuation by the smoker. 

